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British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is spending $50 million to expand availability of anti-overdose nasal naloxone across the province.

A drug overdose alert is in effect for Saskatoon after 150 calls were made in the first 12 days of April, as officials of a higher risk of overdose for the city.

Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health has released another drug alert regarding medetomidine, a veterinary sedative not reactive to naloxone and increasingly found in opioids.

Since the emergency was declared, more than 18,000 people have died in B.C. from toxic drugs, with Indigenous people, men and people working in the trades being the most affected.

Social service organizations in Saskatoon say they are concerned about the uptick in demand following the closure of the city's only supervised consumption site.

Saskatchewan's mental health and addictions minister says she's considering legislation to limit where supervised consumption sites may operate.

More than 18,000 people have died from toxic illicit drugs in British Columbia since a public health emergency was declared on April 14, 2016. 

A spike in overdoses in London, Ont., is under investigation after a suspect allegedly handed out a free substance in the downtown core, prompting 39 emergency calls in 24 hours.

Opioid overdose deaths in Canada are falling, but there's growing concerns on a certain veterinary tranquilizer being cut into fentanyl and other opioids.

One year after Ontario closed supervised consumption sites for HART Hubs, advocates say long waitlists for addiction treatment continue and the new model doesn't do enough.

Manitoba RCMP say the three-month drug trafficking investigation led to the seizure of more than $1.5 million worth of drugs and cash.

Prairie Harm Reduction says it has also supported 22 per cent more people over the past year and successfully performed more than 150 interventions.

The alert says no information is currently available on what substance or substances are causing the multiple overdoses and deaths reported in the Regina area.

Newly released documents suggest the Canada Border Services Agency's attempt to crack down on animal sedatives in fentanyl have been hampered by industry lobbying.

A Saskatoon Fire Department battalion chief fears tackling more toxic drugs entering what was the peak time from last year, when a deadly drug supply pushed overdoses above 30. 

Montreal Public Health officials are warning a purple syrup that mimics the look of cough medicine is a fake product that can be lethal.

The minister for addictions and mental health says he has not reached out to the First Nation community that announced this week it would declare a state of emergency.

The BC Centre for Disease Control has issued a provincewide drug alert as poisonings rise, warning that medetomidine is increasingly present in the unregulated drug supply.

A Saskatoon woman has used naloxone kits multiple times to stop overdoses. Some experts say the kits are significantly helping decrease fatality in overdose cases.

Health officials warn a sample sold as cocaine in Kingston contained deadly fentanyl and animal tranquillizers — but no actual cocaine.